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The Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS) Library recently published a blog post “Top 5 best databases” to highlight their most popular premium databases. It is a great list if you are interested in exploring key University of Manchester database with just a little adjustment to account for differing subscriptions.

The Electronic Journals A to Z list is now accessed through Library Search – selecting the eJournals A-Z tab and searching for “harvard business review” gives access through EBSCOhost Business Source Premier. (University of Manchester username and password) [Update October 2014]

The University of Manchester Library has changed its Electronic Journals A to Z list so this is a revised version of “How to access Harvard Business Review” – an essential skill for all. (Link removed – eJournals A-Z is now in Library Search and is slightly different from the image below.)

You find an interesting Harvard Business Review (HBR) article on the web and want to read the full-text.

You have found your article – keep title, author, year and issue (i.e. the bibliographic details) to hand.

University of Manchester students and staff do not have to pay but you do have to access HBR via a journals database.

If you are accessing from a mobile device you can use the EBSCOhost app.

The March 19 2012 (Volume 165 Number 4) issue of FORTUNE includes its annual ranking of corporate reputation by industry and a lead article by Miguel Helft & Jessi Hempl “Inside Facebook: how does the social media giant really work? Read this story before you buy the stock”.

The library has access to Fortune through the journal database Business Source Premier.

Business Source Premier’s access to Fortune seems to be limited to text (no pictures), but this does mean that you can listen to the text rather than reading it, and have it translated into a different language.

MBS Library Service would like to extend a warm welcome to the MBA Class of 2013.

By now you should have started to explore your iPad and the many features it offers. The exciting thing about a new PC Tablet is discovering its capabilities and learning what works well and what its key strengths really are. Now that you’ve begun the process of settling into the School, and as part of our commitment to supporting you with all your research needs, over the coming weeks we’ll be recommending some useful business research apps for you to download to your iPads, some of which are for accessing our databases and some which are for useful external sources.

To start with we’ll be featuring the EBSCOhost app. EBSCOhost databases are the most-used, premium online information resources for tens of thousands on institutions worldwide. This free app ensures that iPad uers get the most from searching premium EBSCOhost database content like Business Source Premier, the only provider of full text access to the Harvard Business Review.

EBSCO’s new app is free, and offers the convenience and rich functionality that enables users to:

To get started, simply click on the EBSCOhost iPhone/iPod touch Application link at the bottom of the EBSCOhost screen and follow the instructions. An email will be forwarded to you enabling you to authenticate your status as an MBS Library user. After this you’re free to search and take advantage of this innovative free new app. Learn more about EBSCOhost Mobile and the new iPhone app at:

Journal database comparison from JISC ADAT – Click on image and then select ABI/INFORM, Business Source Premier and Scopus to re-create

Comparing ABI Inform and Business Source Premier: While there is an overlap between these two, searching just one of these databases will ignore a large number of publications/titles that is available in the other.

Comparing ABI Inform, Business Source Premier and Scopus: Most top academic journals are covered by Scopus, but these are just part of what is available through ABI Inform and Business Source Premier. Even considering just the publications/titles covered by Scopus, only about half of the titles are covered by both ABI Inform and Business Source Premier.

It is best to explore different journal databases – you will probably find what is best depends on the type of results you are seeking.

EBSCOhost databases are the most-used, premium online information resources for tens of thousands on institutions worldwide. This free app ensures that iPhone and iPod touch users get the most from searching premium EBSCOhost database content like Business Source Premier, the only provider of full text access to the Harvard Business Review.

EBSCO’s new app is free, and offers the convenience and rich functionality that enables users to:

To get started, simply click on the EBSCOhost iPhone/iPod touch Application link at the bottom of the EBSCOhost screen and follow the instructions. An email will be forwarded to you enabling you to authenticate your status as an MBS Library user. After this you’re free to search and take advantage of this innovative free new app.